Faculty Mentors: Community-Based Scholarship
Below is a list of Stanford faculty members involved in community-based research or service project who are interested in mentoring medical students.
Tips for Contacting Faculty Mentors
It's no surprise that Stanford faculty members are busy people. The following tips will help you to get the most out of your contact with faculty members:
- Read the faculty member’s Community Academic Profile before contacting them (faculty names below are already linked to their CAP)
- Read relevant articles by the faculty member before contacting them
- If you want to do a Medical Scholars research project, look for a mentor who has a research agenda in an area that interests you and inquire about how you might be able to assist with an existing project
- Prepare specific questions to ask the faculty member before contacting them
- Keep email/phone messages brief and concise (with requests for meetings clearly stated up front)
Dermatology
Susan Swetter, MD
Genetics
Richard Myers, PhD
Medicine
Jayanta Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
Clarence H. Braddock III, MD, MPH
Rex Chiu, MD, MPH
William Haskell, MD
David Katzenstein, MD
Samuel LeBaron, MD
Mindie Nguyen, MD, MAS
Lars Osterberg, MD, MPH
Mark Perlroth, MD
David Relman, MD
Christopher Sharp, MD
Paul Utz, MD
Marilyn Winkleby, PhD, MPH
Andrew Zolopa, MD
Orthopedics
Michael Fredericson, MD
Pediatrics
Setn Ammerman, MD
Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH
Lynne Huffman, MD
Ashima Madan, MD
Fernando Mendoza, MD, MPH
Psychiatry
Kim Bullock, MD
Dolores Gallagher Thompson, PhD
Lynne Huffman, MD
Clete Kushida, MD, PhD
Hans Steiner, MD
Psychology
Joel Killen, PhD
Radiation
Lei Xing, PhD
Surgery
Denise Johnson, MD, FACS
Theo Palmer, PhD
Samuel So, MD
Nancy Ewen Wang, MD
Sherry Wren, MD
